by Jeff Packer | Feb 9, 2024 | Change, Family, Friendship, Grief, Love & Relationships, Mental Health
What are your birthday celebrations like? Do you feel special and appreciate the day you were born? How about others? Do they contact you, text, email, post on your wall or call? Are your birthdays marked by traditions such as being woken with the Happy Birthday song,...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 7, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Friendship, Holidays / Vacation, Spirituality
Travelling to a foreign country can be rather exciting and stressful at the same time. You don’t know the customs, the people, the geographic area etc.. Even going to the USA from Canada, when you don’t travel much, can elevate stress levels. Thoughts that...
by Jeff Packer | Jan 17, 2024 | Depression, Friendship, Love & Relationships
How easy is it to feel all alone, isolated and abandoned even though we’re surrounded by people? When we are treated poorly by those closest to us, when we don’t feel heard and when our own friends “bail on us” it is really easy to feel down ....
by Jeff Packer | Jan 12, 2024 | Anger Management, Anxiety, Change, Conflict, Crisis, Depression, Discipline, Family, Friendship, Growth & Development, Health & Fitness, Love & Relationships, Mental Health, Stress, Work & Employment
Get up fifteen minutes earlier in the morning. The inevitable morning mishaps will be less stressful. Prepare for the morning the evening before. Set the breakfast table, make lunches, put out the clothes you plan to wear, etc. Don’t rely on your memory. Write...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 1, 2022 | Family, Friendship, Growth & Development, Stress
What are your birthday celebrations like? Do you feel special and appreciate the day you were born? How about others? Do they call, text, email, or post on social? Are your birthdays marked by traditions such as being woken with the Happy Birthday song, maybe combined...
by Jeff Packer | Jan 25, 2022 | Crisis, Death and Loss, Family, Friendship, Grief, Love & Relationships
The loss of a loved one, whether a grandparent, parent, child, sibling, friend or another close to you, can be pretty painful and heart-wrenching. Initial shock and disbelief are often quickly replaced by feelings of sorrow, grief, confusion and even anger. These...
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